Senan O'Mahony
Investment Manager at Atlantic Bridge
Senan O'Mahony
Investment Manager at Atlantic Bridge
Ireland
Overview
Work Experience
Investment Manager
2023 - Current
• Investment Manager on the Investment Team at Atlantic Bridge – a growth equity investment fund with a focus on deep tech companies and an investment mandate across Ireland, the UK, Europe and the US. • Prepared investment memos for new and follow-on investments in global B2B deep tech companies, focusing on medtech, digital health, enterprise SaaS, life sciences, AI/ML, semiconductors, climate, cybersecurity and the cloud modern data stack. • Executed investments with a global mandate and a Series A/B/C focus. • Developed financial models, cap tables and waterfall analyses for investments at a range of maturities. • Heavily involved in investor relations activities, including fundraising, preparing presentations for advisory committee meetings with existing LPs, preparing data rooms and presentations for prospective LPs in the fundraising process • Prepared a range of sectoral analysis papers and presented them to senior management. • Developed an Irish-focused outreach programme to find potential targets in Atlantic Bridge’s core investment sectors. • Assisted portfolio companies with various ad-hoc requests and took an active role in preparing a number of investments for exit. • Managed the workload and monitored the outputs of several interns/analysts. • Managed the Firm's IT and Cybsersecurity policies and assisted with the implementation of ESG strategies.
Investment Associate
2021 - 2023
• Associate on the Investment Team at Atlantic Bridge – a growth equity investment fund with a focus on deep tech companies and an investment mandate across Ireland, the UK, Europe and the US. • Prepared investment memos for new and follow-on investments in global B2B deep tech companies, focusing on medtech, digital health, enterprise SaaS, life sciences, AI/ML, semiconductors, climate, cybersecurity and the cloud modern data stack. • Executed investments with a global mandate and a Series A/B/C focus. • Developed financial models, cap tables and waterfall analyses for investments at a range of maturities. • Heavily involved in investor relations activities, including fundraising, preparing presentations for advisory committee meetings with existing LPs, preparing data rooms and presentations for prospective LPs in the fundraising process • Prepared a range of sectoral analysis papers and presented them to senior management. • Developed an Irish-focused outreach programme to find potential targets in Atlantic Bridge’s core investment sectors. • Assisted portfolio companies with various ad-hoc requests and took an active role in preparing a number of investments for exit. • Managed the workload and monitored the outputs of several interns/analysts.
Associate - Domestic Leveraged Acquisition Finance
2019 - 2021
• Assisted in all stages of the deal process, from originating new clients and customers for the bank, developing financial models, preparation of internal memos and credit papers, to processing the drawdowns of facilities. • Prepared complex, integrated financial models with Excel to assess potential acquisitions. • Experience with financial modelling a number of different transaction structures for M&A, MBOs, LBOs and general debt/equity funding. • Developed relationships with numerous Irish and foreign private equity and corporate finance firms. • Kept the deal pipeline up to date through extensive use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. • Credit analysis of companies and their accounts across numerous industries, including: food and drink, biotech, healthcare, long-term care, hotels and engineering. • Worked closely with senior team members and divisional leaders throughout all stages of deals. • Managed Bank of Ireland's investments in a number of Venture Capital and Development Capital funds.
Management Associate - Business Sales FX Desk
2019 - 2019
• Familiarised myself with numerous internal and external dealing software packages. • Treasury Manager for a portfolio of SME customers across the Leinster region. • Dealt FX Spot, Forward Contracts, FX Deposits, Liquidities and FX Hedging options. • Provided currency market updates and opinions to customers. • Facilitated FX risk management solutions. • Pro-actively managed the sale of treasury products and services to Irish businesses and SMEs. • Nominated by Bank of Ireland for the GradIreland 'Graduate Employee of the Year' award for 2019. • Participated in a number of educational programmes, aimed at teaching students and small businesses about FX.
Management Associate - Domestic Leveraged Acquisition Finance
2018 - 2019
• Assisted in all stages of the deal process, from originating new clients and customers for the bank, to processing the drawdowns. • Prepared complex, integrated financial models with Excel to assess potential acquisitions. • Experience with financial modelling for M&A, MBOs, LBOs and general debt/equity funding. • Assisted with the management and administration of several equity funds. • Developed relationships with numerous Irish and foreign private equity and corporate finance firms. • Kept the deal pipeline up to date through extensive use of Microsoft Dynamics CRM. • Analysed companies and their accounts across numerous industries, including: food and drink, biotech, healthcare, long-term care, hotels and engineering. • Worked closely with senior team members and divisional leaders throughout all stages of deals. • Highly involved in helping to organise Bank of Ireland's involvement as lead-sponsor for the Deloitte Best Managed Companies Awards 2018. • Took an active role in the organisation and promotion of the second year of Bank of Ireland's 'FX Trade-Off' 3rd-level trading competition.
Management Associate - Customer Propositions
2017 - 2018
• Completed financial models and assisted in the business case preparation of potential new products and propositions within the business. • Provided business analyst support to document illustrative customer journey maps for existing and future propositions. • Engaged with numerous internal stakeholders and external third-party suppliers to prepare business cases for potential new products within the business. • Completed business analysis and assessment of key competitors, including numerous Fintech propositions, in the FX, Treasury and Payments spheres which were then presented to senior management. • Provided support in developing a range of customer insight initiatives, such as bespoke focus groups, call data research, quantitative research and NPS. • Provided support in producing analytics to develop out a customer segmentation overview. • Created detailed analyses on the US Import-Export market and on the US Fintech ecosystem. • Undertook additional courses in advanced Microsoft Excel and coding with VBA.
Customer Sales Representative
2014 - 2016
• Provided high quality customer service to customers at Dublin Airport, occasionally working in offices in Dublin City Centre. • Was consistently one of the top sales performers at the location, bringing in over €370,000 in revenue during an 8 month period over the busiest summer months. • Familiarised myself with a number of company systems and protocols in order to maximise customer satisfaction, whilst also generating a high sales volume. • Entrusted with opening and closing several office locations, both in Dublin Airport and at city centre locations. • Became comfortable with managing a large fleet of different vehicle types with a very high utilisation rate.
Technical Support Agent
2013 - 2013
• Contracted to Eircom. • Provided technical support for fixed line broadband, fibre, IPTV and telephone lines. • Dealt with customer issues over the phone and guided them through solutions. • Familiarised myself with several company systems and databases in order to provide the highest quality customer service. • Achieved consistently high NPS due to solving customer technical complaints swiftly and correctly. • Was consistently ranked in the top 10% of agents with regards to customer satisfaction and call time.
Office Administrator
2012 - 2012
• Was directly responsible of general office administration for an office with two large floors. • Was in charge of dealing with office supplies and suppliers. • Collected and distributed incoming and outgoing post. • Dealt with petty cash receipts. • Completed occasional reception work included answering phones, welcoming clients and managing meeting rooms.
Technical & Customer Assistant
2009 - 2012
• Aided in the setting up and running of sound and light rigging for a wide array of events, including the Dublin City Mini Marathon. • Gained experience with various categories of cabling and sound/light equipment.
Education
Master's Degree (MAI)
2016 - 2017
CFA Levels I and II
2019 - 2021
Erasmus Exchange as part of Master's Degree
2015 - 2016
Bachelor's Degree (BA, BAI)
2012 - 2016